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 $4 C. : 5-:7. Anno decimo tertioGEORGii II. A. D. 1740. Penalties ^u Ships taken by Col.'ulion, No Privateer, &c. in Ameri- ca, to take on beard any Ser- vant, without Confent of the Mailer. But in all Cafes to obferve the Laws of that Country. Concerning .SVj- men, fee tbe Re- ferences to the frcgoingChaptcr. Preamble, which Salvage ; fell be anfwered and paid to the Captains, Officers and Seamen in the faid Man of War, to be divided in fuch Manner as before in this Act is directed touching the Share of Prizes be- longing to the Flag Officers, Captains, Officers, Seamen, Marines and Soldiers, where Prizes are taken by any of his Majefty's Ships of War: And if taken by a Privateer or other Ship, VelTel or Boat, after having been in the Poffeffion of the Enemy twenty-four Hours, an eighth Part of the true Value of the fiid Ships, Veffcls, Boats and Goods ; and if above twenty-four Hours, and under forty-eight Hours, a fifth Part thereof ; and if above forty-eight Hours, and under ninety-fix Hours, a third Part thereof- and if above ninety-fix Hours, a Moiety thereof: All which Payments to be made to any Privateer or oiher Ship, Veffel, or Boat, fhall be without any Deductions : And if fuch Ship fo retaken lhall ap- pear to have been, after the taking by the Enemy, by them fet forth as a Man of War, the former Owners and Proprietors to whom the fame fhall be restored, fhall be adjudged to pay, and fhall pay for Salvage, the full Moiety of the true Value of the faid Ship fo taken and rellored, without Deduction a* aforefaid; any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary notwithstanding. 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And be it further enacted, That in cafe any Ship or Veffel, or any Goods or Merchandizes, ShaJl be taken by any Privateer through Confent or clandcllinely, or by Colluiion or Connivance, fuch Ship and Veffel, and fuch Goods and Merchandizes, and alfo the Ship's Tackle, Apparel, Furniture and Ammunition of fuch Privateer, (hall, upon Proof thereof to be made in his Majefty's Court of Ex- chequer, or in the Cou t of Admiralty, be declared and judged to be good Prize to his Majefty ; one Moiety thereof lhall be to the Ufe of his Majefty, his heirs and Succeffors, and the other Moiety to the Ufe of fuch Perfon who lhall difcover and fue for the fame ; and the Bond given by the Captain of fuch Privateer, fhall be and is hereby adjudged to be forfeited to his Majefty : And in cafe any fuch Ship or Veffel, or any Goods or Merchandizes as aforefaid Shall be taken by any Man of War through Con- fent, clandestinely, or by Collufion or Connivance of the Commander or Captain, fuch Commander or Captain lhall forfeit the Sum of one thoufand Pounds; one Moiety thereof to the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Moiety to the Ufe of fuch Perfon who fhall difcover and fue for the fame; to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record, wherein no EiToin, Protection, Privilege, or Wager of Law, or any more than one Imparlance fhall be allowed ; and fuch Captain or Officer fhall forfeit his Command and Employment, and fhall be : j nd is hereby dilabled and made incapable of any Office or Employment under his Majefty during the Space of feven Years ; and the faid Goods and Merchandizes, and the Ship, Tackle, Ap- parel, Furniture, Guns and Ammunition, fo taken by Collufion, fhall be and is hereby adjudged to be good Prize to his Majefty. ' XX. And whereas good and neceffary Laws have been made, and are ftiil in Force, within fevtral ' Colonies or Plantations any Servant or Slave without the Confent of the Owner, or the carrying off ' from thence any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, until fuch Perfon fhall have taken out his Ticket ' from the Secretary's Office within fuch respective Colony or Plantation, in fuch Manner, and under ' fuch Penal ies and Forfeitures, as in and by the faid feveral Laws is declared and provided ;' Be it therefore further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Commanders of private Ships of War, or Merchant Ships having Letters cf Marque, fhall upon their going into any of thofe Ports or Harbours, be Subject and -they are hereby determined to be Subject to the feveral Directions, Provisions, Penalties and Forfeitures in and by fuch Laws made and provided ; any thing in this Act contained to the con- trary thereof in any wife notwithstanding. CAP. V. An Act for making more effectual Three feveral Acts of Parliament, One of the Sixth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Annk, and another of the eleventh Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George, For repairing the Highways from Old Stratford in the County of Northampton, to Dunchurch in the County of Warwick ; and the third made in the tenth Year of his piefeut Ma- jefty's Reign, for making more effectual the faid two former Acts. P R. The Tolls are further continued for 21 Years. CAP. VI. An Act to indemnify Perfons who have omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments within the Time limited by Lav/, and for allowing further Time for that Purpofe. Perfons taking the Oaths 1 Geo. r. c. 13. by 8 Nov. 1740. and receiving the Sacrament, indemnified, and incapacitated, and their Acts valid. But Perfons not hereby restored to Places already avoided or rilled up. EXP. CAP. VII. An Act for naturalizing fuch foreign Proteftants, and others therein mentioned, as are fet- tled, or lhall fettle, in any of his Majefty's Colonies in America. WHEREAS the Increafe of People is a Means of advancing the Wealth and Strength of any Nation or Country : And whereas many P'oreigners and Strangers from the Lenity of our Go- vernment, the Purity of our Religion, the Benefit ot our Laws, the Advantages of our Trade, and the Security of our Property, might be induced to come and fettle in fome of his Majefty's Colonies in America^ if they were made Partakers of the Advantages and Privileges which the natural born Sub- ' jects
 * of his Majefty's Colonies or Plantations in America, for the preventing the carrying off from the faid